Morning journal and courier., 1887-04-05
nest has been preserved in the Museum of Natural History.

nest has been preserved in the Museum of Natural History.
 One of the ideas about German soldiers which are more or less prevalent is that they are well educated, if not all professors. But 8 recent report of the Third army corps states that ''only an insignificant part know the names of our famous generals in modern times, a large number know nothing at all about the events of the last three campaigns and the most lamentable ignorance as to the members of the royal house was also found to exist"
 A curious fact in the life of Paris is the continually decreasing consumption of food and drink. Last year, as is shown by official statistics, much less was eaten and drunk than in 1885, and the decrease has been go ing on since 1881. In spite of failing appe- tite, however, each Parisian still consumes about 154 pounds of meat, ,23 pounds of game and poultry, F pounds of fish, IT pounds of butter, pounds of cheese and 159 eggs and drinks about 42 gallons of wine.
 The new court was organized yesterday, Attorney George M. Gum being appointed prosecuting attorney. Good work may be expected from it. Judge Deming has shown excellent judicial qualities during his service in the City court. He is fearless, humane and unprejudiced. We predict that he will in his new place add much to the good repu- tation judge which he has already made. MT. Gum is capable and careful and will at tend we'll and thoroughly to his part of the work
 Modern scientists are queer beings. Some weeks ago the distinguished scientist Dr. F. Zschokke and ten of the students at the Zoo- logical laboratory, Geneva, undertook heroic experiment for the purpose of studying the development of tape-worms in the human system, to which end they swallowed the eggs of the repulsive parasite. From every part eff Europe they received letters of appro- bation and encouragement-one single letter only blamed them for having made the dan gerous experiment, and this came from the president of a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals! The eggs had been taken from variety of fishes known or suspected to be the transmitte1s of tapeworm. For nearly two weeks everything went we'll, but in the course of the third week the presence of the unpleasant guest manifested itself plainly with most of the experimentalists. In every instance complete removal of the par asite was effected, the specimens extracted varying in size-two or three reaching a length of two metres. Dr. Zschokke is about to publish the result of his experiment.
 In a letter to the Christian Union Senator Dawes contrasts the littleness of Congress with the bigness of some Indian boys. Con- gress refused Captain Pratt small appro- priation to build dormitory for the Indian scholars at Carlisle, and the "big-hearted Indian boys took the hard earned pennies they had saved and counted out $1 400 of them and gave them to Captain Pratt to put in building which will belong to the gov ernment when it is doneI" Senator Dawes says: There are two hundred of these boys at training school similar to Carlisle, re- gently established at Salem, Oregon. The government appropriated money to purchase the site and put up the buildings, but when it was expended for that purpose the grounds were found to be too contracted, and the operations of the school very much cramped for want of room. But no money could be had of the government to enlarge the prem ises. In this strait the boys in the school took hold of the matter. They made con- tract, through the principal of the school, with the owner of seventy-eight acres of adjoining land to purchase that land for the school for $1, 800, to be paid for in picking hops by the boys at price per pound agreed